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*/ʃ/ > ∅ / [t]$_
*/ʃ/ > ∅ / [t]$_
*[æ] > [ə] / _#
*[æ] > [ə] / _#
*/ʊ/ > [o]
*/ʊ/ > [u]
*[ɛ] > [ə] / _[n]#
*[ɛ] > [ə] / _[n]#



Revision as of 00:22, 2 November 2017

Introduction

Eastern Voþken is a daughter of Voþken that came as a result of the isolation between the western and eastern divide after the Fire Rebellion.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Labiodental Dental Alveolar Post Alveolar Palatal Velar
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ k /k/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Aspirated p [pʰ]* t [tʰ]* k [kʰ]*
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ þ /θ/ s /s/ c /ʃ/ h /x/
voiced v /v/ ð /ð/ s [z]*
Approximant r /ɹ/ y /j/
Lateral Approximant l /l/
Affricate tj/tc /t͡ʃ/

*allophone

Vowels

Front Central Back Diphthongs
Close i /i/ u /u/
Near-Close i/y /ɪ/ [ɪ]*
Close-Mid ei/ey /ej/
Mid e [ə]*
Open-Mid e /ɛ/ oi/oy /ɔɪ/
Near-Open a /æ/
Open a [a]* ai/ay /aj/

*allophone

Phonotactics

Allowed Syllables

  • (C)(C)V(C)(C)

Consonant Clusters Word Initial

  • [fricative]+[nasal,liquid,stop]
  • [stop]+[nasal,liquid,fricative]

Word Internal

Word Final

  • [fricative]+[stop]
  • [stop]+[fricative]
  • /m/+/b/
  • /n/+[stop,excluding /b/]

Phonological Rules

  • /ɛ/ > [ə] / _#
  • /s/ > [z] / $_[+voiced +consonant]
  • /s/ > [z] / [+voiced +consonant]_$
  • /ʊ/ > [ɔ] / _/j/
  • /j/ > [ɪ] / /ʊ/_
  • /j/ > [ɪ] / [+consonant] _ [+consonant]
  • /j/ > [i] / [+consonant] _#
  • /æ/ > [a] / _/j/$

Stress

Eastern Sound Changes

First Wave

  • [+stop -voiced] > [+aspration] / #_[vowel]
  • [ɛ] > [œ] / $_[w]
  • /t/ > [c] / _/j/
  • /t/ > [t͡ʃ] / _$/ʃ/
  • /ʃ/ > ∅ / [t]$_
  • [æ] > [ə] / _#
  • /ʊ/ > [u]
  • [ɛ] > [ə] / _[n]#

Second Wave

  • /w/ > ∅ / [vowel]_$
  • [c] > [t͡ʃ]
  • [ə] > ∅ / _#
  • /n/ > [n̩] / [ə]_#
  • [ə] > ∅ / _[n]#
  • [+close +vowel] > [-close +near close]
  • /u/ > [y] / /j/_$
  • /j/ > ∅ / _/u/